Summer Reading List
These are the titles from Markham!
Intermediate Titles
796.357 Nel
Nelson, Kadir.We are the ship : the story of Negro League baseball.New York : Jump at the Sun/Hyperion Books for Children, c2008.Using an "Everyman" player as his narrator, Kadir Nelson tells the story of Negro League baseball from its beginnings in the 1920s through the decline after Jackie Robinson crossed over to the majors in 1947. Illustrations from oil paintings by artist Kadir Nelson.
FIC Bro
Broach, Elise.Masterpiece.1st ed.New York : Henry Holt and Co., 2008.After Marvin, a beetle, makes a miniature drawing as an eleventh birthday gift for James, a human with whom he shares a house, the two new friends work together to help recover an Albrecht Dürer drawing stolen from the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
FIC Gut
Gutman, Dan.Nightmare at the bookfair.1st ed.New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, c2008.When fifth-grader Trip Kindleman, who does not like to read very much, is hit on the head by a heavy box and becomes a character in a series of different books--from a sports story to a science fiction novel to an adventure tale--his view of reading is changed forever.
FIC Gut
Gutman, Dan.Ray & me : a baseball card adventure.1st ed.New York : HarperCollinsPublishers, 2009.After recovering from being hit in the head during a baseball game, Stosh travels back in time to try to save Ray Chapman, a batter who was killed by a pitch in New York in 1920.
FIC Haw
Hawking, Lucy.George's secret key to the universe.1st U.S. ed.New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2007.Follows the adventures of a young boy and his neighbor friend as they travel through a computer portal into outer space, where they explore such mysteries as black holes and the origins of the universe, while trying to evade an evil scientist.
FIC Hia
Hiaasen, Carl.Scat.1st ed.New York : Alfred A. Knopf, c2009.Nick and his friend Marta decide to investigate when a mysterious fire starts near a Florida wildlife preserve and an unpopular teacher goes missing.
FIC Kli
Klimo, Kate.The dragon in the sock drawer.1st ed.New York : Random House Childrens Books, c2008.Cousins Jesse and Daisy always knew they would have a magical adventure, but they are not prepared when the "thunder egg" Jesse has found turns out to be a dragon egg that is about to hatch.
FIC Law
Law, Ingrid.Savvy.New York : Boston, Mass. : Dial Books for Young Readers ; Walton Media, c2008.Recounts the adventures of Mibs Beaumont, whose thirteenth birthday has revealed her "savvy"--a magical power unique to each member of her family--just as her father is injured in a terrible accident.
FIC Low
Lowry, Lois.Gooney Bird is so absurd.Boston : Houghton Mifflin Co., 2008.Mrs. Pidgeon's second grade class studies poetry and her students write haiku, couplets, free verse, and finally, a tribute to Mrs. Pidgeon's mother organized by the irrepressible Gooney Bird Greene.
796.357 Nel
Nelson, Kadir.We are the ship: the story of Negro League baseball.New York : Jump at the Sun/Hyperion Books for Children, c2008.Using an "Everyman" player as his narrator, Kadir Nelson tells the story of Negro League baseball from its beginnings in the 1920s through the decline after Jackie Robinson crossed over to the majors in 1947. Illustrations from oil paintings by artist Kadir Nelson.
598.9 Sch
Schulman, Janet.Pale Male: citizen hawk of New York City.1st ed.New York : Knopf, c2008.Recounts the true story of Pale Male, a red-tailed hawk living in New York City who has become one of the city's most-watched celebrities and bird watchers, tourists, and residents admire the bird and his nest, built on a Fifth Avenue apartment building.
Primary Titles
EASY Gra
Graham, Bob.Dimity Dumpty : the story of Humpty's little sister.1st U.S. ed.Cambridge, MA : Candlewick Press, 2007, c2006.Humpty Dumpty's little sister is too shy to be part of her family's circus act, but she finds courage when her brother needs her help.
FIC Gut
Gutman, Dan.Coach Hyatt is a riot!1st ed.New York : HarperTrophy, 2009.A new football coach arrives at school and, with help from an unexpected new team member, the Moose win a game.
EASY Hop
Hopkinson, Deborah.Abe Lincoln crosses a creek : a tall, thin tale (introducing his forgotten frontier friend).1st ed. New York : Schwartz & Wade Books, c2008.In Knob Creek, Kentucky, in 1816, seven-year-old Abe Lincoln falls into a creek and is rescued by his best friend, Austin Gollaher.
EASY Par
Parr, Todd.Reading makes you feel good.1st ed.New York : Little, Brown, c2005.Describes the characteristics and various advantages of reading.
EASY Ste
Stevens, Janet.Help me, Mr. Mutt! : expert answers for dogs with people problems.1st ed.Orlando, Fla. : Harcourt, c2008.Dogs across the United States write to Mr. Mutt, a people expert, for help with their humans.
FIC Bar
Barrows, Annie.Ivy and Bean bound to be bad.San Francisco : Chronicle Books, 2009.Best friends Ivy and Bean learn that being very good, or very bad, can be a real challenge when they set out to become like a man Ivy heard about who was so pure of heart that birds and animals followed him.
FIC Gut
Gutman, Dan.Coach Hyatt is a riot!1st ed.New York : HarperTrophy, 2009.A new football coach arrives at school and, with help from an unexpected new team member, the Moose win a game.
Primary (This is how mine copied from Bookbag...Do we want to stick with this format?) I think we should capitalize and underline or use italics for the titles for correct grammar.--- Kathy W.
EASY DUR
Durant, Alan, 1958-. Burger boy. 1st American ed. New York :
Clarion Books, 2006, c2005. Benny hates vegetables and eats
nothing but hamburgers, until the day his mother's
prediction proves true and he turns into a walking,
talking--and running--burger.
EASY FRA
Frazee, Marla. A Couple of Boys Have the Best Week Ever. 1st
ed. Orlando, Fla. : Harcourt, c2008. Friends James and
Eamon enjoy a wonderful week at the home of Eamon's
grandparents during summer vacation.
EASY GRA
Gravett, Emily. Little Mouse's Big Book of Fears. 1st U.S. ed.
New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2008.
Little Mouse draws pictures of some of the many things of
which he is afraid, including creepy crawlies, sharp knives,
and having accidents, and provides the correct scientific
name for each of his fears.
EASY JUS
Juster, Norton, 1929-. Sourpuss and Sweetie Pie. 1st ed. [New
York] : Scholastic, 2008. Nanna and Poppy, who are
expecting their granddaughter to visit, wonder whether
Sweetie Pie or Sourpuss will show up, or if it may be both
at the same time.
EASY SWA
Swanson, Susan Marie. The house in the night. Boston : Houghton
Mifflin, 2008. Illustrations and easy-to-read text explore
the light that makes a house in the night a home filled with
light.
Secondary
FIC FUN
Funke, Cornelia Caroline. Inkheart. New York : Scholastic,
2003. Sharing her father's gift of power to bring fictional
characters to life, Meggie wants to send the villain
Capricorn back between the pages where he belongs.
FIC GOS
Goscinny, 1926-1977. Nicholas. New York : Phaidon Press, c2005.
Presents a collection of nineteen short stories by Rene
Goscinny, author of the "Asterix' comics, originally
published in 1960, and explores the adventures of a young
school boy, Nicholas, and his friends who always seem to end
up in trouble. Includes illustrations.
FIC HOR
Horvath, Polly. My one hundred adventures. 1st ed. New York :
Schwartz & Wade Books, c2008. Twelve-year-old Jane, who
lives at the beach in a run-down old house with her mother,
two brothers, and sister, has an eventful summer
accompanying her pastor on Bible deliveries, meeting former
boyfriends of her mother's, and being coerced into
babysitting for a family of ill-mannered children.
FIC SEL
Selznick, Brian. The invention of Hugo Cabret : a novel in words
and pictures. 1st ed. New York : Scholastic Press, c2007.
When twelve-year-old Hugo, an orphan living and repairing
clocks within the walls of a Paris train station in 1931,
meets a mysterious toyseller and his goddaughter, his
undercover life and his biggest secret are jeopardized.
FIC STE
Stewart, Trenton Lee. The mysterious Benedict Society. 1st ed.
New York : Little, Brown, 2007. After passing a series of
mind-bending tests, four children are selected for a secret
mission that requires them to go undercover at the Learning
Institute for the Very Enlightened, where the only rule is
that there are no rules.
These titles are from Howe. (For some reason the two lists copied differently. Sorry.)
Summer Reading List - Primary
E MCM
McMullan, Kate. I'm bad! 1st ed. New York : HarperCollins,
c2008. A hungry Tyrannosaurus rex searches for food in the
prehistoric forest but is thwarted in its attempts to find
something to eat.
E PER
Perkins, Lynne Rae. Pictures from our vacation. 1st ed. [New
York] : Greenwillow Books, c2007. Given a camera that takes
and prints tiny pictures just before leaving for the family
farm in Canada, a young girl records a vacation that gets
off to a slow start, but winds up being a family reunion
filled with good memories.
E PIV
Piven, Hanokh, 1963-. My dog is as smelly as dirty socks : and
other funny family portraits. 1st ed. New York : Schwartz
& Wade Books, c2007. A young girl draws a family portrait,
then makes it more accurate by adding common objects to show
aspects of each member's personality, such as her father's
playfulness, her mother's sweetness, and her brother's
strength.
E RIC
Richards, Chuck, 1957-. Critter sitter. New York : Walker,
2008. When the Mahoney family hires Henry the Critter
Sitter to watch their dog, cat, bird, fish, frog, and snake,
he thinks he is up for the challenge since creature control
is his game, but the pets have a different idea.
E STE
Stevens, April, 1963-. Waking up Wendell. 1st ed. New York :
Schwartz & Wade Books, c2007. Early in the morning, a bird
begins to sing at number One Fish Street, waking the man
next door and his dog, and before long, as one noise leads
to another, everyone on the street is awake.
E STR
Stryer, Andrea Stenn, 1938-. Kami and the yaks. Palo Alto,
Calif. : Bay Otter Press, c2007. Kami, a young, deaf Sherpa
boy, sets off on his own to find his family's missing yaks
and finds one of them caught between the rocks; but when he
runs home to get help from his family, he has trouble at
first being understood.
Summer Reading List – Intermediate 92 SCI Scieszka, Jon.Knucklehead : tall tales & mostly true stories about growing up Scieszka.New York : Viking, 2008. Presents a memoir of what it was like to grow up in the 1950s and other almost true stories by American children's author Jon Scieszka. 636.088 MAR Markle, Sandra.Animal heroes : true rescue stories. Minneapolis : Millbrook Press, c2009.Contains true accounts of animals who have protected or rescued their owners or other humans in dangerous situations. FIC BIR Birdsall, Jeanne.The Penderwicks on Gardam Street.1st ed. New York : Knopf, c2008.The four Penderwick sisters are faced with the unimaginable prospect of their widowed father dating, and they hatch a plot to stop him. FIC BLU Blume, Judy.Going, going, gone! with the Pain and the Great One.1st ed.New York : Delacorte Press, c2008.Further adventures of first-grader Jake "the Pain" and his sister, third-grader Abigail "the Great One," include a trip to the beach with Grandma, to a county fair with Aunt Diana, and to a mall with Dad. FIC CRE Creech, Sharon.Hate that cat.1st ed.New York : Joanna Cotler Books, c2008.Jack is studying poetry again in school, and he continues to write poems reflecting his understanding of famous works and how they relate to his life. FIC HOW Howe, Peter, 1942-.Waggit's tale.1st ed.New York : HarperCollinsPublishers, c2008.When Waggit is abandoned by his owner as a puppy, he meets a pack of wild dogs who become his friends and teach him to survive in the city park, but when he has a chance to go home with a kind woman who wants to adopt him, he takes it. FIC JON Jonell, Lynne.Emmy and the home for troubled girls.1st ed. New York : Holt, 2008.After learning that she has the power to communicate with rodents, ten-year-old Emmy seeks a way to stop Miss Barmy, an evil nanny who has been turned into a rat, from stealing jewels from Emmy's wealthy parents. FIC LAF La Fevers, R. L. (Robin L.).Theodosia and the Staff of Osiris. Boston : Houghton Mifflin Co., 2008.Theodosia Throckmorton is shocked when she encounters Mr. Tetley at a museum benefit, knowing his appearance can only mean the Serpents of Chaos are back, leaving Theodosia to face secret societies, evil curses, and dark magic. FIC NUZ Nuzum, K. A.The leanin' dog.1st ed.New York : Joanna Cotler Books, c2008.Eleven-year-old Dessa Dean, mourning the death of her mother, finds an injured dog on her porch, which allows both Dessa and the dog to heal together with a friendship that shapes both of their lives.
These are the titles from Markham!
Intermediate Titles
796.357 Nel
Nelson, Kadir. We are the ship : the story of Negro League
baseball. New York : Jump at the Sun/Hyperion Books for
Children, c2008. Using an "Everyman" player as his
narrator, Kadir Nelson tells the story of Negro League
baseball from its beginnings in the 1920s through the
decline after Jackie Robinson crossed over to the majors in
1947. Illustrations from oil paintings by artist Kadir
Nelson.
FIC Bro
Broach, Elise. Masterpiece. 1st ed. New York : Henry Holt and
Co., 2008. After Marvin, a beetle, makes a miniature
drawing as an eleventh birthday gift for James, a human with
whom he shares a house, the two new friends work together to
help recover an Albrecht Dürer drawing stolen from the
Metropolitan Museum of Art.
FIC Gut
Gutman, Dan. Nightmare at the bookfair. 1st ed. New York :
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, c2008. When
fifth-grader Trip Kindleman, who does not like to read very
much, is hit on the head by a heavy box and becomes a
character in a series of different books--from a sports
story to a science fiction novel to an adventure tale--his
view of reading is changed forever.
FIC Gut
Gutman, Dan. Ray & me : a baseball card adventure. 1st ed. New
York : HarperCollinsPublishers, 2009. After recovering from
being hit in the head during a baseball game, Stosh travels
back in time to try to save Ray Chapman, a batter who was
killed by a pitch in New York in 1920.
FIC Haw
Hawking, Lucy. George's secret key to the universe. 1st U.S.
ed. New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers,
2007. Follows the adventures of a young boy and his
neighbor friend as they travel through a computer portal
into outer space, where they explore such mysteries as black
holes and the origins of the universe, while trying to evade
an evil scientist.
FIC Hia
Hiaasen, Carl. Scat. 1st ed. New York : Alfred A. Knopf,
c2009. Nick and his friend Marta decide to investigate when
a mysterious fire starts near a Florida wildlife preserve
and an unpopular teacher goes missing.
FIC Kli
Klimo, Kate. The dragon in the sock drawer. 1st ed. New York :
Random House Childrens Books, c2008. Cousins Jesse and
Daisy always knew they would have a magical adventure, but
they are not prepared when the "thunder egg" Jesse has found
turns out to be a dragon egg that is about to hatch.
FIC Law
Law, Ingrid. Savvy. New York : Boston, Mass. : Dial
Books for Young Readers ; Walton Media, c2008. Recounts the
adventures of Mibs Beaumont, whose thirteenth birthday has
revealed her "savvy"--a magical power unique to each member
of her family--just as her father is injured in a terrible
accident.
FIC Low
Lowry, Lois. Gooney Bird is so absurd. Boston : Houghton
Mifflin Co., 2008. Mrs. Pidgeon's second grade class
studies poetry and her students write haiku, couplets, free
verse, and finally, a tribute to Mrs. Pidgeon's mother
organized by the irrepressible Gooney Bird Greene.
796.357 Nel
Nelson, Kadir. We are the ship: the story of Negro League
baseball. New York : Jump at the Sun/Hyperion Books for
Children, c2008. Using an "Everyman" player as his
narrator, Kadir Nelson tells the story of Negro League
baseball from its beginnings in the 1920s through the
decline after Jackie Robinson crossed over to the majors in
1947. Illustrations from oil paintings by artist Kadir
Nelson.
598.9 Sch
Schulman, Janet. Pale Male: citizen hawk of New York City. 1st
ed. New York : Knopf, c2008. Recounts the true story of
Pale Male, a red-tailed hawk living in New York City who has
become one of the city's most-watched celebrities and bird
watchers, tourists, and residents admire the bird and his
nest, built on a Fifth Avenue apartment building.
Primary Titles
EASY Gra
Graham, Bob. Dimity Dumpty : the story of Humpty's little
sister. 1st U.S. ed. Cambridge, MA : Candlewick Press,
2007, c2006. Humpty Dumpty's little sister is too shy to be
part of her family's circus act, but she finds courage when
her brother needs her help.
FIC Gut
Gutman, Dan. Coach Hyatt is a riot! 1st ed. New York :
HarperTrophy, 2009. A new football coach arrives at school
and, with help from an unexpected new team member, the Moose
win a game.
EASY Hop
Hopkinson, Deborah. Abe Lincoln crosses a creek : a tall, thin
tale (introducing his forgotten frontier friend). 1st ed.
New York : Schwartz & Wade Books, c2008. In Knob Creek,
Kentucky, in 1816, seven-year-old Abe Lincoln falls into a
creek and is rescued by his best friend, Austin Gollaher.
EASY Par
Parr, Todd. Reading makes you feel good. 1st ed. New York :
Little, Brown, c2005. Describes the characteristics and
various advantages of reading.
EASY Ste
Stevens, Janet. Help me, Mr. Mutt! : expert answers for dogs
with people problems. 1st ed. Orlando, Fla. : Harcourt,
c2008. Dogs across the United States write to Mr. Mutt, a
people expert, for help with their humans.
FIC Bar
Barrows, Annie. Ivy and Bean bound to be bad. San Francisco :
Chronicle Books, 2009. Best friends Ivy and Bean learn that
being very good, or very bad, can be a real challenge when
they set out to become like a man Ivy heard about who was so
pure of heart that birds and animals followed him.
FIC Gut
Gutman, Dan. Coach Hyatt is a riot! 1st ed. New York :
HarperTrophy, 2009. A new football coach arrives at school
and, with help from an unexpected new team member, the Moose
win a game.
Primary (This is how mine copied from Bookbag...Do we want to stick with this format?) I think we should capitalize and underline or use italics for the titles for correct grammar.--- Kathy W.
EASY DUR
Durant, Alan, 1958-. Burger boy. 1st American ed. New York :
Clarion Books, 2006, c2005. Benny hates vegetables and eats
nothing but hamburgers, until the day his mother's
prediction proves true and he turns into a walking,
talking--and running--burger.
EASY FRA
Frazee, Marla. A Couple of Boys Have the Best Week Ever. 1st
ed. Orlando, Fla. : Harcourt, c2008. Friends James and
Eamon enjoy a wonderful week at the home of Eamon's
grandparents during summer vacation.
EASY GRA
Gravett, Emily. Little Mouse's Big Book of Fears. 1st U.S. ed.
New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2008.
Little Mouse draws pictures of some of the many things of
which he is afraid, including creepy crawlies, sharp knives,
and having accidents, and provides the correct scientific
name for each of his fears.
EASY JUS
Juster, Norton, 1929-. Sourpuss and Sweetie Pie. 1st ed. [New
York] : Scholastic, 2008. Nanna and Poppy, who are
expecting their granddaughter to visit, wonder whether
Sweetie Pie or Sourpuss will show up, or if it may be both
at the same time.
EASY SWA
Swanson, Susan Marie. The house in the night. Boston : Houghton
Mifflin, 2008. Illustrations and easy-to-read text explore
the light that makes a house in the night a home filled with
light.
Secondary
FIC FUN
Funke, Cornelia Caroline. Inkheart. New York : Scholastic,
2003. Sharing her father's gift of power to bring fictional
characters to life, Meggie wants to send the villain
Capricorn back between the pages where he belongs.
FIC GOS
Goscinny, 1926-1977. Nicholas. New York : Phaidon Press, c2005.
Presents a collection of nineteen short stories by Rene
Goscinny, author of the "Asterix' comics, originally
published in 1960, and explores the adventures of a young
school boy, Nicholas, and his friends who always seem to end
up in trouble. Includes illustrations.
FIC HOR
Horvath, Polly. My one hundred adventures. 1st ed. New York :
Schwartz & Wade Books, c2008. Twelve-year-old Jane, who
lives at the beach in a run-down old house with her mother,
two brothers, and sister, has an eventful summer
accompanying her pastor on Bible deliveries, meeting former
boyfriends of her mother's, and being coerced into
babysitting for a family of ill-mannered children.
FIC SEL
Selznick, Brian. The invention of Hugo Cabret : a novel in words
and pictures. 1st ed. New York : Scholastic Press, c2007.
When twelve-year-old Hugo, an orphan living and repairing
clocks within the walls of a Paris train station in 1931,
meets a mysterious toyseller and his goddaughter, his
undercover life and his biggest secret are jeopardized.
FIC STE
Stewart, Trenton Lee. The mysterious Benedict Society. 1st ed.
New York : Little, Brown, 2007. After passing a series of
mind-bending tests, four children are selected for a secret
mission that requires them to go undercover at the Learning
Institute for the Very Enlightened, where the only rule is
that there are no rules.
These titles are from Howe. (For some reason the two lists copied differently. Sorry.)
Summer Reading List - Primary
E MCM
McMullan, Kate. I'm bad! 1st ed. New York : HarperCollins,
c2008. A hungry Tyrannosaurus rex searches for food in the
prehistoric forest but is thwarted in its attempts to find
something to eat.
E PER
Perkins, Lynne Rae. Pictures from our vacation. 1st ed. [New
York] : Greenwillow Books, c2007. Given a camera that takes
and prints tiny pictures just before leaving for the family
farm in Canada, a young girl records a vacation that gets
off to a slow start, but winds up being a family reunion
filled with good memories.
E PIV
Piven, Hanokh, 1963-. My dog is as smelly as dirty socks : and
other funny family portraits. 1st ed. New York : Schwartz
& Wade Books, c2007. A young girl draws a family portrait,
then makes it more accurate by adding common objects to show
aspects of each member's personality, such as her father's
playfulness, her mother's sweetness, and her brother's
strength.
E RIC
Richards, Chuck, 1957-. Critter sitter. New York : Walker,
2008. When the Mahoney family hires Henry the Critter
Sitter to watch their dog, cat, bird, fish, frog, and snake,
he thinks he is up for the challenge since creature control
is his game, but the pets have a different idea.
E STE
Stevens, April, 1963-. Waking up Wendell. 1st ed. New York :
Schwartz & Wade Books, c2007. Early in the morning, a bird
begins to sing at number One Fish Street, waking the man
next door and his dog, and before long, as one noise leads
to another, everyone on the street is awake.
E STR
Stryer, Andrea Stenn, 1938-. Kami and the yaks. Palo Alto,
Calif. : Bay Otter Press, c2007. Kami, a young, deaf Sherpa
boy, sets off on his own to find his family's missing yaks
and finds one of them caught between the rocks; but when he
runs home to get help from his family, he has trouble at
first being understood.
Summer Reading List – Intermediate
92 SCI
Scieszka, Jon. Knucklehead : tall tales & mostly true stories
about growing up Scieszka. New York : Viking, 2008.
Presents a memoir of what it was like to grow up in the
1950s and other almost true stories by American children's
author Jon Scieszka.
636.088 MAR
Markle, Sandra. Animal heroes : true rescue stories.
Minneapolis : Millbrook Press, c2009. Contains true
accounts of animals who have protected or rescued their
owners or other humans in dangerous situations.
FIC BIR
Birdsall, Jeanne. The Penderwicks on Gardam Street. 1st ed.
New York : Knopf, c2008. The four Penderwick sisters are
faced with the unimaginable prospect of their widowed father
dating, and they hatch a plot to stop him.
FIC BLU
Blume, Judy. Going, going, gone! with the Pain and the Great
One. 1st ed. New York : Delacorte Press, c2008. Further
adventures of first-grader Jake "the Pain" and his sister,
third-grader Abigail "the Great One," include a trip to the
beach with Grandma, to a county fair with Aunt Diana, and to
a mall with Dad.
FIC CRE
Creech, Sharon. Hate that cat. 1st ed. New York : Joanna
Cotler Books, c2008. Jack is studying poetry again in
school, and he continues to write poems reflecting his
understanding of famous works and how they relate to his
life.
FIC HOW
Howe, Peter, 1942-. Waggit's tale. 1st ed. New York :
HarperCollinsPublishers, c2008. When Waggit is abandoned by
his owner as a puppy, he meets a pack of wild dogs who
become his friends and teach him to survive in the city
park, but when he has a chance to go home with a kind woman
who wants to adopt him, he takes it.
FIC JON
Jonell, Lynne. Emmy and the home for troubled girls. 1st ed.
New York : Holt, 2008. After learning that she has the
power to communicate with rodents, ten-year-old Emmy seeks a
way to stop Miss Barmy, an evil nanny who has been turned
into a rat, from stealing jewels from Emmy's wealthy
parents.
FIC LAF
La Fevers, R. L. (Robin L.). Theodosia and the Staff of Osiris.
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Co., 2008. Theodosia Throckmorton
is shocked when she encounters Mr. Tetley at a museum
benefit, knowing his appearance can only mean the Serpents
of Chaos are back, leaving Theodosia to face secret
societies, evil curses, and dark magic.
FIC NUZ
Nuzum, K. A. The leanin' dog. 1st ed. New York : Joanna Cotler
Books, c2008. Eleven-year-old Dessa Dean, mourning the
death of her mother, finds an injured dog on her porch,
which allows both Dessa and the dog to heal together with a
friendship that shapes both of their lives.